Auction News

An unseen Romanov Family Album of Informal Photographs by the Grand Duchess Eleonor of Hesse and the Rhine of the Tsar’s family has come to light and will be sold at Bloomsbury Auctions on 25th – 26th March 2009 in London. Fresh to the market, this fascinating piece of visual history is [Read More]

An extraordinary collection of over 3,500 rare butterfly specimens, previously hidden in archives at Harrow School in England, and re-discovered by a Japanese schoolboy, Hitoshi Takano, will go on sale at auction house, Bonhams, in London on 27th May. Old Harrovian, Hitoshi Takano stumbled upon the Rothschild-Peebles (Harrow) Butterfly Collection aged 13, [Read More]

Alvin Beadles, CAI, AARE, CES, has been appointed Director of Business Development for United Country Auction Services (www.ucauctionservices.com). He will work with field sales representatives to service existing offices and introduce new offices to the United Country system. In addition, Beadles opened a United Country franchise in Thomas, Okla. Located at 121 [Read More]

The Ukrainian Museum in New York City will hold its “Gala Celebration of Spring” this Saturday, March 21, a benefit event that will take place for the first time in the Museum’s galleries. Enjoy an elegant evening cocktail party with wine/champagne, hors d’oeuvres, and a Viennese table – catered by Soyuzivka chef [Read More]

A rare Rolex stainless steel Oyster Perpetual Submariner bracelet watch circa 1960 will be going under the hammer in April at Birmingham based auctioneers Fellows & Sons. The watch, a 5513 model fitted with a 1530 calibre movement is still contained in its original box with outer card case and receipt. It [Read More]

A gem-encrusted gold finial from the octagonal golden throne of Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, will be sold at Bonhams New Bond Street on 2nd April. This is one of the most important Tipu items ever to appear for sale. It had lain in an English castle, for at least 100 [Read More]

Auction Will Raise Money for Documentary Photography Actor Aaron Eckhart – a photographer when he is not in front of a movie camera – will host an exhibit and silent auction of 100 iconic images taken by leading photographers from around the world, at the Stephen Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles on [Read More]

J.B. Robison Auctioneers-Realtors (www.jbrauctions.com) has announced a six-day auction of the contents of the Shangri-La Resort and Convention Center, according to J.B. Robison, auctioneer. Robison explained that the contents of the Main Lodge, Conference Center and Recreation Center would all be up for auction. “There is an enormous volume and variety of [Read More]

More than 50 properties valued in excess of $150 million will be featured in the first round of the Commercial Property PowerSale(TM), NAI Global’s ongoing series of national, multi-seller auction and sealed-bid sales. NAI Global in cooperation with its longtime alliance partner Higgenbotham Auctioneers International created The Commercial Property PowerSale(TM) as part [Read More]

Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. the leading North American salvage auto auction company today announced reaching a strategic marketing alliance with RideSafely.com and its affiliate HaulMatch.com. Existing RideSafely.com offices in Hamburg, Dubai and Moscow will now offer IAA support services such as buyer registration, buyer payment and logistics assistance. In addition, IAA will [Read More]

Over fifty winemakers, world-class Chefs and some 6,000 guests will gather this spring for the 19th Annual Florida Winefest & Auction. The event, to benefit children’s charities, will take place Thursday, April 23rd – Sunday, April 26th. Considered “America’s Friendliest Wine Festival,” Florida Winefest & Auction has donated over $6.6 million to [Read More]

REDC, the leader in real estate auctions, has acquired the domain name, Auction.com, for $1.7 million, company Chairman Robert Friedman has announced. “I’ve wanted this domain for years and I’m thrilled that we were able to acquire this coveted top level domain,” Friedman says. “REDC is without question the number one real [Read More]

VeraSun Energy Corp. today announced that it has selected Valero Renewable Fuels as the successful bidder for assets contained in the “VSE Group”, in addition to ethanol production facilities in Albion, Neb., and Albert City, Iowa, following an auction in Wilmington, Del. The secured lenders submitted successful credit bids for each of [Read More]

Massive Container liquidation – many items unreserved. Quality Collection of USA and European paintings plus clearance of imports from USA , Europe and Asia to be sold in one session. Sale includes Persian rugs , crystal, bronze sculptures, and memorabilia. Over 300 lots. Many Unreserved. Time: 2pm – 6pm (preview: 12pm- 2pm) [Read More]

GunBroker.com the world’s largest online auction site and community for firearms, accessories and hunting supplies, today announced it has closed $7 million in debt financing with Bank of America. The transaction was arranged by Triton Value Partners, an Atlanta based business advisory and private equity firm. The new financing, which is comprised [Read More]

Auction Systems Auctioneers & Appraisers, Inc., the Southwest’s most active auction and appraisal company, has moved their Phoenix auction firm to a new location. The 112,000 square-foot, state of the art auction complex is located at 951 West Watkins Street in Phoenix, Arizona off Interstate 17 and 7th Avenue. “We are very [Read More]

Bonhams is to offer for sale an airworthy two-seater Vickers-Supermarine Spitfire aircraft, estimated value £1.5 million, on 20th April at the RAF Museum, Hendon, London. This will be the second iconic World War Two Spitfire that Bonhams has offered within just seven months. Last September the auction house sold a non-airworthy 1945 [Read More]

The auction of collectors items at Charterhouse in Sherborne on Friday 27th March has one of their best ever selection of coins, medals, stamps and militaria amongst the sale of 750 lots. “Our collectors sales are always popular, with postcards, clocks, stamps, the weird and the wonderful, but this time we have [Read More]